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Longsight is an
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suburb of
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, England, located south of the
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. It is bounded by
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and
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to the north;
Levenshulme Levenshulme () is an area of Manchester, England, bordering Fallowfield, Longsight, Gorton, Burnage, Heaton Chapel and Reddish; it is approximately halfway between Stockport and Manchester city centre on the A6. Levenshulme is predominantly re ...
to the south; and
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,
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and
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to the west.
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in
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, it had a population of 15,429 at the 2011 census.


History

An ethnically diverse area, for many years, Longsight has been plagued by gang related violence, similar to that of nearby
Moss Side Moss Side is an Inner city, inner-city area of Manchester, England, south of the Manchester city centre, city centre, It had a population of 20,745 at the United Kingdom Census 2021, 2021 census. Moss Side is bounded by Hulme to the north, Cho ...
. Most of the violence came from tensions between two rival gangs which fought "turf wars" with each other since the 1990s, resulting in many shootings and several deaths. The Gooch Gang, from neighbouring Moss Side, were jailed in 2009, Consequently, gun crime in Greater Manchester as a whole has fallen dramatically, from a high of 120 gang-related shootings in 2006 to just 16 in 2011.


Governance

Longsight has been in the parliamentary
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of
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since boundary changes in 1983. The seat has been represented in
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by Afzal Khan since June 2017. ;Councillors The area is represented on
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by three councillors, currently Abid Chohan, Luthfur Rahman and Suzanne Richards. Abid Chohan was initially a
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councillor but defected to
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ahead of the local council elections in 2010. indicates seat up for re-election. indicates councillor defected.


Geography

Previously known as Grindlow Marsh, it was incorporated into the City of Manchester in 1890. The district is bordered by
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to the north,
Rusholme Rusholme () is an area of Manchester, England, two miles south of the city centre. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 13,643. Rusholme is bounded by Chorlton-on-Medlock to the north, Victoria Park and Longsight to the east, Fallo ...
to the west,
Levenshulme Levenshulme () is an area of Manchester, England, bordering Fallowfield, Longsight, Gorton, Burnage, Heaton Chapel and Reddish; it is approximately halfway between Stockport and Manchester city centre on the A6. Levenshulme is predominantly re ...
to the south, and
Gorton Gorton is an area of Manchester in North West England, southeast of the city centre. The population at the 2011 census was 36,055. Neighbouring areas include Levenshulme and Openshaw. A major landmark is Gorton Monastery, a 19th-century Hi ...
to the east. Longsight is currently defined by Hyde Road, Grey Street, Stockport Road, Plymouth Grove, Daisy Bank Road, Pine Grove, Merwood Grove, Ash Grove, Longford Pl, Ayton Grove, Laindon Rd, Curzon Ave, Richmond Grove, Hathersage Road, Anson Road, Dickenson Road, Beresford Road, Old Hall Lane, Stockport Road, East Road, Pink Bank Lane, Nutsford Vale, Buckley Road and Mount Road. The old
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to
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(the A6, Stockport Road) roughly bisects the area.


Demography

Longsight has a very ethnically diverse population. According to the 2011 UK census, 72.9% of the population is from non-white ethnic groups, a 20% increase over the 2001 figure of 52.7%. This includes 55.3% who describe themselves as Asian or Asian British (including 35.7% Pakistani, 11.4% Bangladeshi); and 9.7% Black or Black British. The largest religious group is Muslim with 53.8% of the population, compared with the 2001 figure of 34.7% Muslim and 38.6% Christian. 7.0% of the population declined to state a religion, with 12.7% stating no religion. The census tended to underestimate immigrant communities, and it is likely that these groups in Longsight were underestimated and are now proportionately larger. There are a number of places of Worship in the area, including a large Pakistani community centre, a Jain temple, the Russian Orthodox Church of the Pokrov, Saint Agnes' Church, Bethshan International Church, and the British Conference of The Church of God (Seventh Day).


Census table


Economy

The main shopping centre is near the corner of Stockport Road and Dickenson Road, and contains a library and supermarkets as well as many smaller shops. Longsight Market, one of the busiest markets in the North West of England, is located on Dickenson Road. It can be easily spotted by its brightly coloured profiled roofs. The market hosts a general market every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and a second-hand market every Tuesday and Thursday. There are a large number of takeaway food shops and restaurants and a very wide variety of fresh fruit and vegetables and other supplies to cater for the interests of the various immigrant communities in the area.


Architecture and housing

The area of Longsight contains many of the notable buildings of
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. Daisy Bank Road is a particularly good example, featuring Edgar Wood's
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First Church of Christ, Scientist and the Edwardian art nouveau Chadlington House, as well as the residences of Charles Hallé and
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. Pankhurst's family house is also situated on the edge of Longsight at Plymouth Grove. Larger Victorian period properties are predominantly clustered around the leafy western parts of Longsight, an area informally known as Westpoint. Many grand Victorian villas can also be found overlooking Crowcroft Park in the most southern part of Longsight. Situated on Stockport Road near the main market of Longsight is Longsight Library. Run by
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, it provides services such as borrowing books, adult education services and a child homework centre. Great measures have been taken to make the architectural view of new Longsight Library building aesthetically pleasing. The Apollo Theatre, Longsight Market, Noman Newsagents, Crowcroft Park and new Longsight Library are the important places in the Longsight area.


Transport


Railway

A spur of the West Coast Main Line passes through Longsight, which is located between
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and
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. The area was once served by Longsight railway station, but this was closed in 1958. The nearest station is now at Levenshulme, which provides local
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stopping services between Manchester, Stockport and locations in
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. Ardwick station is also situated nearby, on the Hope Valley line, but has a threadbare service. Longsight Electric TMD and
Longsight Diesel TMD Longsight Diesel TMD is a railway diesel locomotive traction maintenance depot (TMD) situated in Longsight, Manchester, England. The depot code is LO. The depot is located south of Manchester Piccadilly on the eastern side of the line to Stockp ...
service trains for Avanti West Coast,
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,
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and TransPennine Express. A plan to house Eurostar trains at
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was abandoned in the 1990s. The earliest railway works was set up in 1842 by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway (M&BR). Little is known about its early history, except that it produced fifteen single wheeler passenger engines to a design by
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. In 1846, the M&BR was amalgamated with the
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(LNWR) under John Ramsbottom. One
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was produced in 1858, but then the works closed down as the LNWR transferred its operations to
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. The Longsight steam locomotive depot provided engines for express trains to London and elsewhere, and for local passenger trains.


Buses

Bus services in the area are provided by Stagecoach Manchester. The
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, according to Stagecoach, is the busiest bus route in Great Britain, with around 9 million passengers carried annually. The service runs every 5–10 minutes daily until the late hours. The following routes serve Longsight: * 53: Cheetham Hill – Gorton – Rusholme – Old Trafford – Salford Quays – Pendleton * 150: Gorton – Levenshulme – Chorlton-cum-Hardy – Stretford – The Trafford Centre * 191: Manchester (Albert Sq.)– Longsight – Levenshulme – Stockport – Stepping Hill Hospital – Hazel Grove * 192: Manchester (Piccadilly) – Longsight – Levenshulme – Stockport – Stepping Hill Hospital – Hazel Grove * 197: Manchester (Albert Sq.) - Longsight – Levenshulme – Green End – Stockport


Roads

The A6, which connects Carlisle with Luton, passes through Longsight; it connects the suburb with Stockport and Manchester city centre.


Notable residents

* Charles Hallé lived at 3 Addison Terrace, on the north side of Daisy Bank Road in Victoria Park, in 1848; he was founder of the Hallé Orchestra. * Artist Ford Madox Brown lived at the same address as Hallé from 1883 to 1887. *
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, social reformer and liberal politician, was born in Longsight. He was later partially responsible for the ''1848 Public Health Act'' and then the succeeding ''1875 Public Health Act''. A Wetherspoons pub in the area was named the 'Sir Edwin Chadwick', but was closed within three years after custom failed to live up to expectations. *
Jason Garrity Jason Garrity (born 9 November 1993) is an English motorcycle speedway rider who won the British Under-19 Championship and the National League Riders Championship in 2011. Biography Born in Longsight but now living in Droylsden, Greater Manch ...
, speedway rider. * John Thaw, the television, stage and cinema actor, was born in Longsight in 1942. * Ethel 'Sunny' Lowry, the first British woman to swim the English Channel, was born in Longsight in 1911. * Former
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footballers Danny Welbeck and Wes Brown are both from the area. * ''
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'' star
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was born in Longsight. * Keith Bennett, one of the Moors murders victims, was from Longsight. He was 12 years old when he disappeared on his way from his house to that of his grandmother on 16 June 1964. His disappearance was reported to police the following morning but, in spite of endless police searches, he was not found. 22 years later, in November 1986, Moors murderers Ian Brady (who had also lived in Longsight when he was younger) and
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revealed that he was one of their victims, just as police had first suspected after arresting them for three other murders in October 1965. Despite numerous searches for his body on
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, it has yet to be found. His mother Winnie Johnson continued to live locally until her death in August 2012; she made constant calls in the media for help to locate her son's body. *
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, of BBC News, grew up in Longsight and attended the local private school. *
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members Liam and Noel Gallagher were born in Longsight, but later moved to
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.


Cultural references

Longsight was immortalised in song by local singer
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formerly of the Stone Roses on his album ''
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''. The song was titled "Longsight M13" reflecting the
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of the area, which begins with M13. Graffiti appeared locally saying 'Stone Roses RIP' when the band split up, and 'Free Ian Brown' when he was jailed.The Greatest (CD) - Ian Brown - sleevenotes The song was written with Brown's former bandmate, guitarist Aziz Ibrahim, who still lives in Longsight. Brown also mentions the area in the Stone Roses song "Daybreak" which contains the line "From Atlanta, Georgia, to Longsight,
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".


See also

*
Listed buildings in Manchester-M13 Manchester is a city in Northwest England. The M13 postcode area is to the south of the centre of the city and includes parts of the districts of Chorlton-on-Medlock and Longsight. The postcode area contains 38 listed buildings that are r ...


References


External links


Longsight Local Services Directory


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